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But its great bill finished the morsels in a moment, and hopping nearer, it looked them in the face by turns. "The poor raven is still hungry," said Woodwender, and he gave it another bit. When that was gobbled, it came to Loveleaves, who gave it a bit too, and so on till the raven had eaten the whole of their last cake. "Well," said Woodwender, "at least we can have a drink."
The swine grazed about them more quietly than usual; and the children plaited rushes and talked to each other, till, as the sun was sloping down the sky, Woodwender saw that the two great hogs were missing. Thinking they must have gone to the forest, the children ran to search for them.
Every evening when they came home the stewards' children used to come down and feed them, and it was their delight to reckon up what price they would bring when properly fattened. One very hot day, about midsummer, Woodwender and Loveleaves sat down in the shadow of a mossy rock.
But one, that seemed old and weary, alighted near them to drink at the stream. As they ate, the raven lingered, and picked up the small crumbs that fell. "Brother," said Loveleaves, "this raven is surely hungry. Let us give it a little bit, though it is our last cake." Woodwender agreed, and each gave a bit to the raven.
In the morning Loveleaves told Woodwender what she had heard, and they went to Lady Greensleeves where she milked the does, and said: "We heard what the raven told you last night, and we know the two lords are our fathers. Tell us how the spell may be broken." "I fear the king of the forest fairies," said Lady Greensleeves, "because I live here alone, and have no friend but my dwarf Corner.
Loveleaves and Woodwender were sorry to see the rich cream spilled, but they remembered the warning of Lady Greensleeves; and seeing they could do no better, each got a withered branch and began to help the lords, scratching up the ground with the sharp end, and planting acorns. But their fathers took no notice of them, nor of all that they could say.
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